[
  {
    "title": "The Suicide's Argument",
    "author": "Samuel Coleridge",
    "lines": [
      "Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no",
      "No question was asked me--it could not be so !",
      "If the life was the question, a thing sent to try",
      "And to live on be YES; what can NO be ? to die.",
      "",
      "NATURE'S ANSWER",
      "",
      "Is't returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no worse for the wear ?",
      "Think first, what you ARE ! Call to mind what you WERE !",
      "I gave you innocence, I gave you hope,",
      "Gave health, and genius, and an ample scope,",
      "Return you me guilt, lethargy, despair ?",
      "Make out the invent'ry ; inspect, compare !",
      "Then die--if die you dare !"
    ],
    "linecount": "12"
  }
]